Inferior vena caval filters: Review of a 26-year single-center clinical experience

Radiology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-66

  Athanasoulis, Christos A ^a   Kaufman, John A ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Waltman, Arthur C ^a   Geller, Stuart C ^a   Fan, Chieh Min ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Interventional procedures, complications; Venae cavae, filters; Venae cavae, interventional procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 0033946238     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.1.r00jl1254     Document Type: Article

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